Door securer



A. JAPS DOOR SECURER Aug. 31 1926.

- Filed Jan. 30, 1924 Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNITED stares ALBERT JAPSS, OF HOPKINS, MINNESOTA.

DOOR SECUBEB.

Application filed January 30, 1924. Serial No. 689,483.

in side by side contiguous relation and inserted 1n the space between the free edge of the door and the door frame, an outer one of the plates being provided upon its inner ends with prongs adapted to be forced into the door casing or frame upon closing of the door so as to prevent removal of. the plates while the door is closed, and angle plates being secured against the outer sides of the outer plate and having their oppositely and outwardly projecting inner ends adapted for engagement with the inner surface of the door and its frame whereby opening of the door from the outside is effectively prevented.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a door securing device of the above character which is extremely durable and simple in construction, light in weight, effective in action, and capable of being easily and readily placed into use.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for adapting the device for use in an effective manner irrespective of the variation in width of the spaces found between the free edges of various doors and their frames.

Still another object of the invention is to provide adjustment for the angle plates relative to the fiat plate, so that said angle plates may be firmly and readily engaged with the door and casing and wherein means is provided for effectively securing the angle plate so adjusted.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views 2- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a door securer constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view looking toward the right of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the device shown in use as it appears when securing a door in closed position, a fragment of the door and its casing being illustrated in horizontalsection, and

Figures 4 and 5 are detail perspective views of the elongated flat plate used as part of the door securing means.

Referring more in detail to the drawing the present invention comprises a plurality of elongated flat plates 5, 6, and 7, respectively, that are disposed in side by side contiguous relation and that are of gradually increasing thickness as more clearly shown in Figure 3, the center plate at one side being provided upon its inner end with sharpened laterally projecting spurs 8. These plates are provided with coincident longitudinal and preferably centrally disposed elongated slots as at 9 through which the stem of a clamping bolt 10 loosely projects, and flatly secured against the outer end portions of the plates 5, and 7, are angle brackets 11 and 12 having lateral outwardly projecting inner end portions 13 and 14 respectively adapted to be brought into firm flat engagement with the adjacent inner portions of the door D and frame F when said plates 5, 6, and 7 or any desired one or ones of the same are positioned between the adjacent free end of the door and frame as illustrated in Figure 3. In order to permit adjustment of the angle plates 11 and 12 so that they may be thus engaged with the door and frame, the outer end portions of the angle brackets are provided with longitudinal elongated slots as at 15 through which the stem of the bolt 10 also passes, the head of the bolt 10 being disposed against one of the angle brackets and a wing nut 16 being threaded upon the stem of the bolt 10 against the outer side of the-other angle bracket for maintaining the latter and the plates 5, 6, and 7 in continguous relation. The slot 15 of the angle plate 12 adjacent which the nut 16 is employed is made shorter than the slot of the other angle plate 11 and thereby terminates in spaced relation to the laterally projecting inner end 14 of the same so that the latter part may ference with the rotation of said wing nut is prevented at all times. It is noted that the stem of the bolt passes loosely through the slots 9 and of the various parts so as to permit the latter to freely swing about the stem of the bolt 10 for facilitating use of the securing device or its application to the door and frame. Vhere the space between the door and'fr'ame is exceedingly small, the plate 5 will be used and the plates 6 and 7 removed. At other times,

'this space may accommodate all of the a the spurs. are thicker.

plates as shown in Figure 3, or, in some instances the plates 5 and 7 will be employed exclusive of the plates 6 or the plate 6 may be used withthe plate 5 exclusive of the plate 7 In any case,the plates employed will be readily adapted to fill the space between the edge of the door and the frame so thatwhen the door is closed, the plate 5 will be forced laterally for causing its spurs 8 to penetrate the casing or frame F at a point not readily noticeable and in a manner to not seriously mar the frame. For this reason, the plate; 5 and its spurs are made quite thin, while the plates without I In use, the nut 16 is loosened soastopermit the angle bracket to downwardly out of the way where closing of the door will not be prevented. The pate 5 is then disposed between the door and the frame, and if necessary, the desired one or both of the plates 6 and? are swung upinto place to present a thickness at the inner end of the device corresponding to the size of the space encountered. Upon closing of the door, the

latter will cause the plate 5 to be forced toward the frame and will accordingly cause theprongs 8 to penetrate said frame whereby the plates may not be removed when the door is closed. The brackets 11 and 12 are then swung upwardly and then adjusted toward the door and frame so as to flatly engage the latter as shown in Figure 3, this adjustment being permitted by reason of the fact that the bolt 10 extends thru slots in all of the plates and the bracket. hen properly adjus ed these parts are firmly held in their set relation by tightening the wing nut l6 and opening of the door from the outside is effectively prevented.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the construction and operation, as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and ap preciated by those skilled in the art.

WVhat I claim as new is A doorsecurer including a pair of plates having longitudinally extending slots registerable with each other, a third plate provided at one end with a'prong and having a longitudinally extending slot registerable with the other slot, a pair ofbrack ets each having a longitudinally extending slot registerable with the other slots and, an angularly disposed end portion, said brackets being of the same dimensions, and a bolt passing tra'nsverselythrough the slots of all of the plates and brackets and a nut secured upon the bolts.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALBERT JAPS, 

